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a very fine silk isfahan prayer rug
The shaded ivory field with stylized flowering vase at one end flanked by flowering trees and perching birds, a stylized crown in the middle flanked by a pair of mythological birds and flower-head vine above, indigo floral mihrab with perching birds in a brushed pale purple and red border of serrated palmettes, meandering arabesque and angular floral vine, between light blue palmette vine and reciprocal trefoil tripes
202cm. x 127cm.
The shaded ivory field with stylized flowering vase at one end flanked by flowering trees and perching birds, a stylized crown in the middle flanked by a pair of mythological birds and flower-head vine above, indigo floral mihrab with perching birds in a brushed pale purple and red border of serrated palmettes, meandering arabesque and angular floral vine, between light blue palmette vine and reciprocal trefoil tripes
202cm. x 127cm.